Those objects of universal disgust, the Cuckoo-spits, may be shown to have features of interest which will to some extent counteract the repugnance of all juvenile naturalists. Hidden in a mass of iridescent spume there will be found a little greenish insect revelling in the double luxury of warmth and moisture, to which perhaps is added a paradise of many-coloured light. The observer’s attention may be attracted to the fact that the insect has chosen chiefly thistles and nettles as its hosts, these not being likely to be eaten by cattle. Later in the season it will be less careful. The insect here concerned, although a relative of the “plant lice,” is not a true aphis. June is the month for the Orchis tribe. The Bee must be looked for in its earliest weeks or never. So also of the Spider and the Frog. Others continue in flower much longer, but almost all are in their perfection in June. Rhododendrons are now plentiful, and the very interesting arrangement by which their anthers open at their points to discharge their pollen may easily be observed. It is characteristic of the whole family of heaths, but as the anthers of rhododendrons are far larger than those of our English heaths, it is best seen in them. Those who have never observed it before will be amused to be shown the jack-in-the-box manner in which the curled up stamens of the Broom spring out when the bee touches the shoulders of the petals. June is the month for Broom and both will soon be past. Amongst our summer visitants the pretty little Turtle-dove is one of the last to arrive. It waits until the season is well settled and rarely comes to us before the middle of May. As perhaps a result of this caution its numbers remain each year much the same. We have now plenty of turtle-doves at Haslemere, whilst all representatives of the Swallow tribe are scarce. Some observers think that Nightingales also have been less frequently heard this spring than usual. Their song, which ceases when the young are hatched and the business of feeding begins, will soon be over for 1906. Speaking of Birds of Passage, we may say that we shall be glad to receive from any readers in different parts of the kingdom, estimates of the year’s abundance of the various species. The spring was remarkably variable, and much of it cold, and this may have had the result of much diminishing the supply of food which would await our guests. So far as our enquiries have gone we believe that there is a general impression that the early spring migrants are this year somewhat defective in number.